Editing Interior Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Interior Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Agate Falls (265409244).jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = [[Agate Falls Scenic Site|Agate Falls]]
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label            = Interior Township
| pushpin_label_position   = right<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize          = 
| image_map                = Interior Township, MI2.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon County]]
| image_map1               = 
| mapsize1                 = 
| map_caption1             = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Supervisor
| leader_name              = Andrew Aho
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Mariann Besonen
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 89.37
| area_land_sq_mi          = 86.42
| area_water_sq_mi         = 2.95
<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 270
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 3.89

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 414
| elevation_ft             = 1358
| coordinates              = {{coord|46|25|47|N|89|03|26|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49912 ([[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]])<br>49967 (Trout Creek)<br>49969 ([[Watersmeet, Michigan|Watersmeet]])
| area_code                = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-40760<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1626518<ref>{{gnis|1626518}}</ref>
| website                  = https://www.interiortownship.com/
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Interior Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  The population was 270 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Interior+township,+Ontonagon+County,+Michigan&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> It was named for the Interior Lumber Company.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA86|year=1908|page=86}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|89.37|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|86.42|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|2.95|sqmi|km2}} (3.30%) is water.  A large portion of the township is within the [[Ottawa National Forest]].

=== Communities ===
*'''Agate''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] on [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]], about eight miles east of [[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]]. [[Agate Falls Scenic Site]].[https://web.archive.org/web/20051025160745/http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.aspx?id=413] [http://www.coppercountry.com/AgateFalls.php] on the middle branch of the [[Ontonagon River]] is nearby. It was originally known as '''Agate Siding''', after the spur from the [[Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway]] (now the [[Soo Line Railroad]]) created in about 1890 to serve nearby mining operations. It was named for the [[agate]] stone. {{sfn|Romig|1986|page=}}
*'''Calderwood''' was established in the 1880s around a lumbermill.  It had a post office beginning in 1908.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=93}}
*'''Trout Creek''' is an unincorporated community on [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]], approximately {{convert|11|mi|km}} east of [[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]] and about five miles west of [[Kenton, Michigan|Kenton]].  The [[ZIP Code]] is 49967. The nearby Trout Creek is a tributary of the [[Ontonagon River]]. This was a station on the [[Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway]] (now the [[Soo Line Railroad]]).

==Notable people==
* [[Dick Pole]], Major League Baseball pitcher and coach, was born in Trout Creek.

==References==
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===Sources===
*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan }}

{{Ontonagon County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Ontonagon County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]